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Question: Who do you think should primarily provide care for older people?
Choices: "Government" "Private companies/for-profit organisations" "Non-profit organisations/charities/cooperatives" "Religious organisations" "Family, relatives or friends"
Data: % of "Government"
Period:
Area:
30 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Denmark90.7%
2 Israel90.0%
3 Finland87.6%
4 Sweden87.0%
5 Iceland84.9%
6 United Kingdom83.8%
7 Slovenia76.8%
8 France75.8%
9 Suriname75.7%
10 Thailand75.5%
11 South Africa74.9%
12 New Zealand74.1%
13 Spain74.0%
14 Australia72.6%
15 Czech Republic72.2%
16 Hungary65.3%
17 Russian Federation65.2%
18 Croatia64.7%
19 Slovakia64.5%
20 Japan64.1%
21 Germany61.9%
22 Austria57.7%
23 United States57.3%
24 Mexico50.6%
25 Switzerland49.3%
26 India48.6%
27 Philippines 43.9%
28 Taiwan35.8%
29 China30.2%
30 Lithuania29.1%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 208 countries.

Source
ISSP 2017

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 2.346228 X +5.008
Correlation coefficient (r)0.465
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.216

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data30
Regression equation
Y = 46184.533382 X +5189.941
Correlation coefficient (r)0.325
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.106

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 11.408645 X +70.674
Correlation coefficient (r)0.379
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.144

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = 0.102265 X +1.660
Correlation coefficient (r)0.043
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002

Suicide - all ages (per 100,000 population)
No. of data29
Regression equation
Y = -1.746412 X +14.894
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.048
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.002